Monday, September 21, 2015

Amazing Numbers....if True

The comment section was alive in the "Openings" post:

80 PAR forms in 011

120 in 005

150 in 003

No way to tell if any of those numbers are true without one of our regular readers at Personnel drops us a line, but damn, those are pretty strong indications that (A) people are sick of the ghetto or (B) people are sick of the supervisory structure in those locations. Even if the numbers given are half of what the comments claim, it's a big issue.

Now, a decent manager/supervisor would look at those numbers and ask themselves, "What is so wrong in my organization that people are bailing or attempting to bail out of these positions?" Of course, we have no decent managers or supervisors anymore, so a giant red flag like this will be ignored. People will continue to leave until such time as the Department can send a bunch of green kids who don't know the first thing about police work to go in and get into all sorts of trouble. Lawsuits, CR's, harassment complaints, more lawsuits, maybe even corrupt practices etc. and the city ends up paying out to lawyers and plaintiffs when it all could have been prevented via a simple analysis of the paperwork.

Look at this objectively, and put the ego aside for one second. If someone cared about you on this job, would they leave you in one of those Dist's? Add on 002,006, 007, 010 and 015.

THEY SUCK! It's the fucking Ghetto. Ok, some of those places might have good Bosses, but do you think that those Bosses BID THERE? They were assigned, and have no juice. Do you think they burned a phone call to GO TO 005?

They burn a phone call to GET OUT of places like that.

Face it, you're in PATROL. And no one really cares about PATROL. If they cares about you, you'd be in a UNIT.

Years ago, 005 used to be a pretty good place to work. Commander wasn't too bad, Bosses on the Watch took care of the Cops. Most of the Tact/Gang Teams had good Sgt's. Then... Good old Capt CW was assigned to 005.

"We have to put her somewhere." was what 35th St said.

She not only micro-managed and fucked with the Officers (workers and the dogs) on her watch, she did the same to the other two watches, and to Tact & Gangs. There was a mass exodus from there. If I recall, it averaged about 75 PAR forms a period for YEARS, to get out of the Wild-Hundreds.

All because of ONE boss.

If that same exodus happened in Narcotics, Gang Intel, Intel, Airports, Mass Trans, the old SOS, even TRU. That ONE PERSON would have been moved.

"Hey Captain, you're in charge of this utility closet. It's ALL YOURS!" could have been easily done. If she was in a Unit? That would have happened in about 2 weeks. However, it's a District, and shitty one at that.

001 / 018? Way too Politically Connected. Same with 016 & 022. 004 used to be like that, but "Fast Eddie" slowed up and got caught. 009? Daley's moved out, there's some that still know where the bodies are buried, but it's not what it once was. Everywhere else on the South or West sides no one really cares about.

So put your PAR form in, hopefully you make it out of the Ghetto and to a better place. Realize quickly that the 1st & 16th don't change!

Even though less that 1/4 of the people will make a bid, this should (but we all know it won't) make the department wake up and see how miserable people are. But then again, that could only happen if the top brass gave a shit about the working copper!

Exempts feel that they deserve better. So when these white shirts get grief for murder and drive bys they have NO solutions. The white shirt come up with DRACONIAN ideas such as NO time due on weekends, uniform inspections and my favorite separating partners.

If Garry demoted these ass-hats maybe they would actually put thought into the career they chose.

But Garry is in RAHM land chasing his tail putting out fires that happen everyday.Garry focus on big picture...

Let me be the first to say, poor mamagement and poor leadership in 005KJ is not to be trusted, but plays a great job acting stupid and dumbfounded when he don't want to deal with an issue.Hell maybe he's not playing

JJ in 3 is a arrogant, self centered loser.Poor management and poor leadership. He don't know how to work well with people. It's his way or the highway.He has corny jokes and acts like he's nervous.Watch him closely at the scene of something traumatic. The blue Mars light confuse him and he WILD out.It's time for change.

The problem with 003 isn't really the bosses, if you ask me all bosses are a problem. And any of the bosses demands in 003 are just coming from up the chain.

Anyway, the problem in 003 is the influx of new kids the last 3 years. They all bitch and moan about how bad it is and how much they hate it. They can't even give you a valid reason. They all want to go saturation or some other hot shot unit. Totally bypassing learning how to do any actual work. Most of them can't even communicate properly on the radio let alone write something worth a damn.

SCC, you're painting with a rather broad brush. There's plenty of great policemen who are great bosses left in the Department. Area North has dozens in the various districts. In my district we're lousy with competent, ghetto proven sergeants and lieutenents who are respected and relied upon by the patrolman. I dare flatter myself that I count amongst that group. But you won't see any of us commanding a district or area headquarters in the "D" anytime soon and no one is in any rush to pin a gold star on our blouse. You'll notice the mass exodus is seen in those districts that have Jones-and yes he was at least double merit, a consumate imbecile during his brief tenure at A/4 VC, or West, triple merit and arguably the most lackadaisical and uninspired detective who never cleared a case by arrest. But we also have a large number of good bosses in other areas of the city. Its just that we can't be trusted to do whats expected when the "Vanecko" phone call comes in during the middle of the night so we'll just sit tight and be happy we have great policemen in our charge who once in a while might need some assistance, or direction or even a small fire lit beneath them. And i'd feel badly if they left the district because of me.

POs in 018 will continue to file Civil Suits against supervisors as long as the Department can send a bunch of Clouted Sponges who don't know the first thing about management and discipline to go in and get into all sorts of trouble. Lawsuits, CR's, harassment complaints, more lawsuits, maybe even corrupt practices etc. and the city ends up paying out to lawyers and plaintiffs when it all could have been prevented via a simple analysis of the paperwork.

just keep letting people go wherever they want. open up bid spots to units (districts) so that the par form bid from district to district isn't also ruined by clout favoritism. Sad when people are using phone calls just for a lousy transfer.

Also, most cops would agree that if you don't need your vest and gun, work inside, and you're off weekends and holidays, go ahead and keep your spot, but not the duty availability supplement.

That's probably a couple million right there, it could go to increase the duty availability pay for those who push beat cars 24/7 and actually do deal with changes to their schedule on an almost daily basis.

Same thing happened in 015th when West took over. She destroyed morale and was the worst Commander ever to step foot in 015th. So many great working officers left it was terrible. Now she is doing the same to 011.

9/21 - 753pm. Seriously? 99% of the comments on this blog are from bitter veterans who whine about the department, bosses, buildings, the citizens, job itself, pay, benefits, other coppers, etc. You are seriously going to post, with a straight face and blame the new guys and how they "whine"? LMAO. Maybe you don't mesh with the new guys because they WANT to go out there and do the job, they WANT to be proactive, they actually LIKE their job? I'm just blown away by veteran of all people saying that new people are whining, lol. Here is a concept, go do your job and actually earn your paycheck

Fact is, Commander is like Supe:People will bitch about them...No matter who they are.I'm an old timer in 011.West is no worse, and a whole helluva lot better than the overwhelming majority of the Commanders I've seen come thru here in my over 20 years here.

No more ghetto crap for me. The only solution is no solution or Einstein's Definition of Insanity. Applying the same act as a solution over and over when it's clear said act isn't working.Those shitholes can only get better from w/in. My children's children won't see an end to the ridiculous acts that are less then human purported on a daily/hour level.

Pro active? That's favorite term from "The Jody Weis" era via Stephen Covey's "7Habit of Highly Effective People."If your still proactive on this job it can be spelled out through basic economics.Find a place where the money is far better then the gig.Work with the psychologically deficient bosses. Play Em.They act nuts then you slide around it and play that chord that gets the D-Bag Supervisor or boss off you and on the next dog.In the Academy they said This Organization is all about family. Do you believe that now? Of course not, they bullshat us right in front of our Families. It's dog eat dog out hereWhen the pendulum gonna swing back Our way?The City Management can get FUCKED

You Coppers in 018 can NEVER complain. The 1st watch has the greatest Police leader of all time."Mother Mary says to me Speaking words of wisdom "That's a true nut job boss on this gig. Is she still telling her PAINFULLY corny jokes? Dear, Mother Mary make her stop.

That's because of Masters, Masters, Hellwink-Masters!!! 011 is no longer a fun district to work in. Zero people skills, this Barb West sponsored merit, undeserving hack. When have you ever heard of a lieutenant being called down to IAD on 3 separate occasions because of personnel beefs? Hey Danny, 1983 called, they want their hairstyle back!

9/21 - 753pm. Seriously? 99% of the comments on this blog are from bitter veterans who whine about the department, bosses, buildings, the citizens, job itself, pay, benefits, other coppers, etc. You are seriously going to post, with a straight face and blame the new guys and how they "whine"? LMAO. Maybe you don't mesh with the new guys because they WANT to go out there and do the job, they WANT to be proactive, they actually LIKE their job? I'm just blown away by veteran of all people saying that new people are whining, lol. Here is a concept, go do your job and actually earn your paycheck

9/21/2015 09:29:00 PM

Yeah, I am blaming the new guys. If you were actually around them you would hear how they talk and feel about "doing the job." They hate it, they hate this ghetto shit, they don't want to do shit. Hell we've heard impact officers saying how they don't want to do shit. The ones that are worth anything have already made it to tact or mission teams. BTW aren't you the same person that was making fun of the young kids on tact and their jeans?

Ok lots to cover here, first up we have the oxymoron, or 016 working ranger. To you I say, tell mommy or daddy to put in that same phone call they did for you and we will gladly leave the shit holes we work in to "protect the homeland." As for the 003rd district slob who talks shit about the kids, your district is riddled with dog ass coppers and 3 year wonders who want to be plain clothes so bad that they will all eventually end up like anthony abbate and bill cozzi. As for everyone else, I hope you get your bid, a happy work environment is a good thing.

22 is no bargain, most supervisors, Lt and Sgts, are pretty good but you have a captain and commander who have the personality of a shoe fly. They both act superior to everyone else and demand idiotic stuff. 22 has had an increase in shootings and murders, guess what it's just like the rest of the south side. Start by keeping these assholes in jail instead of coddling them. More prisons, more guards and more beds, if u want to help them come up with viable policies inside the prison. Teach them a skill or a trade and then when they are released have a government based business, run by govt officials/law enforcement, that they can use their trade knowledge on. This can be part of their probation as well as mandatory drug testing with actual penalties for violations.

Completely false about 011. West isn't a problem. She doesn't bother anybody. The citizenry is the problem. Always has been, always will be. People that may be submitting par forms (not 80) are doing so to get away from the shit show on the street. It gets really old really fast.

My children's children won't see an end to the ridiculous acts that are less then human purported on a daily/hour level.

9/21/2015 11:40:00 PM

Oh yes the can see an end to this nonsense. It's called leaving Chicago once and for all and it is what I am planning now after five generations-three generations on the job-in Chicago. Take your pick, you can stay as close as Park Ridge, Glenview, Wilmette and others or flee Cook Co. or leave the state. There are places where the savage isn't raping, murdering or destroying-on your dime! Exploring readily available demographics is a good first step, and proximity to high quality trout waters is the big draw for me! Keep an Illinois address to protect your pension from state taxes. 29 and a day comes quick so start burning up Zillow right now. Your kids deserve better.

Anonymous said...all you hard chargers f-ck the ghetto come to 016 and protect the n/w side and the homeland forget the sh-tty southside districts too, they suck including 022signed016 working ranger

9/21/2015 06:05:00 PM

Ranger? 016th district Ranger?! Baaawaaaa! No such thing!I understand and totally agree with you on protecting the homeland. I can't imagine the "stories" you must tell family/friends.Are there working coppers in 016? Absolutely, but don't count yourself in with other coppers who work these shitholes day after day. Just not right.

"9/21 - 753pm. Seriously? 99% of the comments on this blog are from bitter veterans who whine about the department, bosses, buildings, the citizens, job itself, pay, benefits, other coppers, etc. You are seriously going to post, with a straight face and blame the new guys and how they "whine"? LMAO. Maybe you don't mesh with the new guys because they WANT to go out there and do the job, they WANT to be proactive, they actually LIKE their job? I'm just blown away by veteran of all people saying that new people are whining, lol. Here is a concept, go do your job and actually earn your paycheck".

Well said. And I'm a 25 year veteran, in a shitty district.There has always been, and will always be, do nothing, dog asses, looking for any reason to justify accepting the check, but not do shit to earn it. This is nothing new.When I came on, the excuse was they were mad at the bosses. Then, it was "Why should I work, when promotions and good job spots aren't awarded fairly?"This "I aint doing shit because I might get sued" is just the latest, in their never ending litany of excuses. Here's what you do: Find an old timer who still does the job...a worker. There are still plenty of us out there.Ask him if the "I don't do shit no mo, cause I might get sued" guy was ever a worker?9 outta 10 times, the answer will be a resounding "Hell No!" " "He's always been a dog ass". That should tell you all you need to know.

That's because of Masters, Masters, Hellwink-Masters!!! 011 is no longer a fun district to work in. Zero people skills, this Barb West sponsored merit, undeserving hack. When have you ever heard of a lieutenant being called down to IAD on 3 separate occasions because of personnel beefs? Hey Danny, 1983 called, they want their hairstyle back!

Do us all a favor MV, and stay off the blog. Masters doesn't bother anybody, and there were not 80 par forms submitted. Just because you had a personal tiff with her because you thought you ran the show, doesn't mean everyone else dislikes her. And yes, she went to IAD for an incident, and was called down there more than once for it (happens to almost everyone that gets called down). Grow up.

Completely false about 011. West isn't a problem. She doesn't bother anybody. The citizenry is the problem. Always has been, always will be. People that may be submitting par forms (not 80) are doing so to get away from the shit show on the street. It gets really old really fast.

9/22/2015 09:31:00 AM

Seriously??? You have got to be kidding.. "West isn't the problem", that's the funniest shit I have read on this blog. Let me reiterate my previous post...West DESTROYED 015...Sadly she will destroy 011 too. People whoever putting in PAR forms in 015 were working p.o who liked to work , ...so quit with the Bullshit..people in 011 are leaving because of her.

Anonymous said... Anonymous said...all you hard chargers f-ck the ghetto come to 016 and protect the n/w side and the homeland forget the sh-tty southside districts too, they suck including 022signed016 working ranger

9/21/2015 06:05:00 PM

Same here in 017. Upon arrival my plan was to intercept the mutts here before they cross into 016. It's still my strategy every night.

"West isn't the problem", that's the funniest shit I have read on this blog. Let me reiterate my previous post...West DESTROYED 015...Sadly she will destroy 011 too. People whoever putting in PAR forms in 015 were working p.o who liked to work , ...so quit with the Bullshit..people in 011 are leaving because of her.

You're laughable.015 was waaay fucked up before West got there. And you fuckin know it.I got there in 91...the O'Shield era. It was waay fucked up then. Every Commander after him was no better. Austin is and has been a hell hole for as long as anyone can recall. Tell me, who was the Commander, and what was so great about them prior to West? Name 1! "Fucked up 015?". Laughable, I say.Oh, and 011 was a paradigm of excellence before she arrived?Put down the pipe dude.Just admit you don't like her for whatever reason. We get that.But to say she "Fucked up 015" and will "Fuck up 011"...two districts that have been fucked up since their inception, well my friend, you just sound more than a lil stupid.